"Let's Draw August's Maine Memories!" - Kids' Drawing Workshops, Rockland Library
Topic: Kids Art Class
Press Release:

"Let's Draw  Up a Collection of Maine Memories for August!" Children's Drawing Workshops at Rockland Public Library

Rockland - Children will continue exploring Maine memories this summer at the weekly drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library. Knoth leads children, (and adults), ages 6 and up, in follow-along drawings on a variety of motifs. Children age 10 and under should be accompanied by an adult.

Wendy and Keith Wellin sponsor the workshops, which are free and open to the public with all materials provided. The  classes meet every Tuesday, 4-5 pm, Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St., hosted by the Friends of Rockland Library. FMI - Jean Young, children's librarian, 594-0310.

August themes  will include subjects such as: Maine lighthouses - Marshall Point Light; Maine boats - rowboats, Friendship sloops, sailboats, & lobsterboats, Maine farms with blueberry farming and belted galloways; Maine birds - puffins, eagles, ospreys, chickadees,  and a Maine country fair.

Knoth believes that everyone can draw if they keep their minds and eyes open, and that drawing by 'following along' allows one to discover new ways of interpreting subjects. Knoth, known for her watercolors of Maine scenes and animal drawings, also gives watercolor workshops for adults. Her work may be seen at www.catinkacards.com
 
7/02        "Let's draw Maine lighthouses!"
7/09        "Let's draw Maine boats!"
7/16        "Let's draw Maine farming scenes!"
7/23        "Let's draw Maine birds!"
7/30        "Let's draw a  Maine country fair"

July Children's Drawing Classes at Rockland Public Library, 2011
Topic: Kids Art Class

June 24, 2011
"Let's Draw Maine Memories of July!" Children's Drawing Workshops at Rockland Public Library

Rockland - Children will explore drawing Maine memories this summer at the weekly drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library. Children ages 6 and up follow along with Knoth in drawing a variety of motifs. July themes will include subjects suchas: Rockland- buildings & landmarks of a Maine town; Maine landscapes with lupine, beach roses, & poppies; marine mammals - harbor seals, whales, porpoises; and, favorite Maine dogs & cats.

Wendy and Keith Wellin sponsor the workshops, which are free and open to the public, with all materials provided. Children age 10 and under should be accompanied by an adult. The classes meet every Tuesday, 4-5 pm, Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St., hosted by the Friends of Rockland Library. FMI - Jean Young, children's librarian, 594-0310.

7/05 Let's draw Rockland - landmark scenes of a Maine town!
7/12 Let's draw coastal Maine floral scenes!
7/19 Let's draw marine mammals!
7/26 Let's draw favorite Maine cats & dogs!

Attachments: Demonstration drawings by Catinka Knoth: "Rockland Public Library" , "Lupine Scene", "Poppy Scene", "Dolphins", "Harbor Seals", "Whales", "Cats" Student art from 2010 sessions: "The Brass Compass"; Rockland Public Library, group photo; Maine floral scenes, group photo; Maine cats and dogs, group photo; marine mammals, group photo,

July Watercolor Demonstration Series with Catinka Knoth at Rockland Library







June 24, 2011

"Coastal Maine Floral Landscapes" - Watercolor Demonstration Series by
Catinka Knoth at Rockland Library

Rockland - Catinka Knoth will give a series of free watercolor
painting and drawing demonstration classes on depicting Maine coastal
floral scenes, at Rockland Public Library, 80 Union Street. The series
will be in the Community Room, 11 a.m. on Mondays July 11th, 18th, &
25th. The first demonstration will revisit Knoth's painting "Lupine on
North Haven". Knoth will show techniques such as washes, calligraphic
brushwork, and markmaking. Attendees, using colored pencils, will also
create and take home their own art drawings and cards of the scene.
Each week offers a different scene to explore:
7/11 - "Lupine on North Haven"
7/18 - "Oriental Poppies in an Early Summer Garden"
7/25 - "Rosa Rugosa - Beach Roses by the Maine Seashore"

Friends of Rockland Public Library hosts the demonstrations, which are
open to the public, with materials provided. Knoth also teaches a
weekly children's drawing class at the Library. For more information
about Knoth's artwork and classes visit her website
www.catinkacards.com or call Knoth at 596-0069.

attachment: "Lupine on North Haven, c. 1998", watercolor by Catinka
Knoth

FW: Rackliff causeway view brush drawing

Photo was yesterday. Sat drawing this sitting on lawn out front while trying to ignore the sun's roasting me. Sun wiped me out.

Marshall Pt Light with Beach Roses, and Ferry, black watercolor drawings 7/07/2011